Best Music Moments of Oscars
BY BURAK ŞAHİN (IR/III)
burak_s@ug.bilkent.edu.tr
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony took place on February 27, 2011. The King's Speech was awarded Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay; Inception also won 4 awards in technical categories. Natalie Portman and Christian Bale won in their categories as anticipated and Best Original Song award went to "We Belong Together" by Randy Newman from Toy Story 3. My favorite was "If I Rise" from 127 Hours but I have learned that my first choice isn't usually the winner.
This week I would like to share the best music moments in the history of the Academy Awards. Here are the best ones:
1985
Stevie Wonder was awarded with Best Original Song from the soundtrack of The Women in Red. Although the movie did not get an Oscar, Stevie Wonder won a prize with "I Just Called to Say I Love You."
1994
Bruce Springsteen released a soundtrack album of the movie Philadelphia in 1994. The album reached number one in many countries' music charts. Springsteen had also received an Oscar in that year with "Streets of Philadelphia" in the Best Original Song category. He posed with his prize after the Academy Award Ceremony in 1994.
1999
In the, 71st Academy Awards, the worst choice was awarded Best Original Song. Shakespeare in Love won 7 Oscars that year, and Steven Schwartz's song "When You Believe" from the movie The Prince of Egypt was awarded Best Song of the Year. Aerosmith's "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing," which is an impressive song did not win the prize.
2005
One of best films in 2005, The Motorcycle Diaries was about Ernesto Guevara. He would be known as "Che" later. Although the movie was not nominated in other categories, the musician Jorge Drexler won an Oscar with "Al Otro Lado Del Rio" in the Best Original Song category. Carlos Santana and 
Antonio Banderas performed the song in Academy Awards ceremony.
2011
As I said before, my favorite was "If I Rise" from 127 Hours because during the movie the song accompanied a dramatic scene. A.R. Rahman and Dido's sound really shakes you with the collaboration of James Franco's acting. Florence Welch performed the song in the ceremony with A.R. Rahman, may be it was a little bit short but obviously fascinating.